Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a simple and reliable car-coupling that embodies "novel features of construction that adapt[s] said coupling for an automatic coupled engagement with a similar coupling, and that may be safely uncoupled from the side of the car whereon the improvement is secured" (lines 11-16).
Date: September 3, 1895
Creator: Tiner, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Supporting Structure (open access)

Supporting Structure

Patent for portable support stand for suspension weights. Made foldable for ease of use in outdoor farm work. Including illustration.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Neblett, Cyrus W.
System: The Portal to Texas History